Sathupati Prasanna Sree (born 2 September 1964) is an Indian linguist.
Early life and education
Prasanna Sree was born in 1964 in a Telugu-speaking family but discovered her own tribal roots later in life. This awareness sparked her passion for preserving marginalized languages and cultures. She earned her doctorate in English literature and went on to become a professor at Andhra University.
Career
Sree is
Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...
of
English and Chairperson of the Board of Studies at
Andhra University
Andhra University is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. It is graded as an A++ institution by NAAC receiving a score of 3.74 on a scale of 4.
History
King Vikram Deo Verma, the Mah ...
.
Throughout her career Sree has worked in preserving
minority
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Politics
* Minority government, formed when a political party does not have a majority of overall seats in parliament
* Minority leader, in American politics, the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative b ...
tribal languages and creating new
writing systems
A writing system comprises a set of symbols, called a ''script'', as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. The earliest writing appeared during the late 4th millennium BC. Throughout history, each independe ...
for tribal languages within India.
Work with tribal languages
Recognizing the threat of extinction faced by many tribal languages, Prasanna Sree dedicated her career to their documentation and revitalization. She spent years living and working with various tribal communities across Andhra Pradesh, meticulously studying their languages and cultural practices.
Sree has created writing systems for the
Kupia,
Koya
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Places Iraq
* Koya; (), a town in Iraqi Kurdistan
** Koya University, a university in that town
Japan
* Mount Kōya, a mountain in Japan
** Kōya, Wakayama, a town on the top of Mount Kōya
* Kōya Station (Tokyo), a train st ...
,
Porja,
Jatapu,
Konda-dora,
Gadaba,
Kolam
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,
Gondi,
Kotia,
Savara,
Kurru,
Sugali, ,
Mukhadhora, and
Rana
Rana may refer to:
Astronomy
* Rana (crater), a crater on Mars
* Delta Eridani or Rana, a star
Films
* Rana (2012 film), an Indian Kannada-language action drama
* Rana, a 1998 Telugu-language action film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy
* R ...
languages.
She received the
Nari Shakti Puraskar
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on
International Women’s Day
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2022 from President
Ram Nath Kovind
Ram Nath Kovind ( ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as the president. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...
.
Selected works
Sree's published writings include:
* ''Psychodynamics of the Women in the Post Modern Literature of the East and the West''
* ''Shades of Silence''
* ''Woman in the Novels of Shashi Deshpande - A Study''
References
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1964 births
Living people
Academic staff of Andhra University
Linguists from India
Nari Shakti Puraskar winners
Andhra University alumni